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Post by Sheep2 on Jun 20, 2022 15:38:59 GMT
I am currently not buying books. I am trying to reduce the piles. It is difficult though. There are a lot of new books out in the Autumn and I need pretty much all of them.
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Post by lazybones on Jun 20, 2022 15:46:10 GMT
Books
I've got an unwanted book to take back to the shop later on to swap for another one. I have zero ideas. Anyone got any recommendations?
Have you read The Pigeon, or Perfume, by Patrick Suskind? Great reads. Also The Kindly Ones, by Jonathan Littel. Another great read… |
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Post by lazybones on Jun 20, 2022 15:48:39 GMT
What about Revolutionary Road?
Now there’s a good read.
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Post by Shenguin on Jun 20, 2022 16:01:41 GMT
Books I've got an unwanted book to take back to the shop later on to swap for another one. I have zero ideas. Anyone got any recommendations?
You might want to check with Crank, but I think that's a library, not a shop. |
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Post by Felice Landry on Jun 20, 2022 16:04:46 GMT
I am currently not buying books. I am trying to reduce the piles. It is difficult though. There are a lot of new books out in the Autumn and I need pretty much all of them. I didn't know that reading alleviated* piles. <edit>*wrong word,I meant made worse starting with "ex" |
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Post by RollingEscargot on Jun 20, 2022 16:15:13 GMT
Thanks for the recommendations. I generally steer clear of the war hermitry shelves, which is getting harder to do as about half the publishing industry seems to be WW2 books nowadays. They don't seem to be allowed to be less than 750 pages either, especially those Beevor books.
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Post by Melvazord on Jun 20, 2022 16:15:43 GMT
Work chat: I now have to run to stay in one place. I dont have the metaphorical knees* for this.
Games chat: the later levels of Sniper Elite are better actually. I retract approximately 38% of my previous statement.
OTTM: not applicable
*that is to say I have actual knees too, but they are also fucked.
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Post by Melvazord on Jun 20, 2022 16:20:13 GMT
Thanks for the recommendations. I generally steer clear of the war hermitry shelves, which is getting harder to do as about half the publishing industry seems to be WW2 books nowadays. They don't seem to be allowed to be less than 750 pages either, especially those Beevor books. Shit, did I miss war chat? History is a complicated mess and needs a good thick book to explain it, who knew? I'd avoid anything by Stephen Ambrose. Other than Band of Brothers his books are poorly researched and bits of them are plagiarised. |
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Post by Sheep2 on Jun 20, 2022 16:24:07 GMT
Thanks for the recommendations. I generally steer clear of the war hermitry shelves, which is getting harder to do as about half the publishing industry seems to be WW2 books nowadays. They don't seem to be allowed to be less than 750 pages either, especially those Beevor books. The latest Beevor is about the Russian Revolution. Not WW2 at all. I quite like Simon Winchester. They aren't history books. |
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Post by stxdpr on Jun 20, 2022 16:24:58 GMT
Which will come first, GRR Martin or the new kovthe book?
Online library or a real library are useful for limiting piles of books and it counts as exercise and is next to the off licence?
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Post by Sheep2 on Jun 20, 2022 16:26:36 GMT
Work chat: I now have to run to stay in one place. I dont have the metaphorical knees* for this. Games chat: the later levels of Sniper Elite are better actually. I retract approximately 38% of my previous statement. OTTM: not applicable *that is to say I have actual knees too, but they are also fucked. I thought hot desking and standing desks were bad. A desk on a jogging machine or travelator sounds awful. |
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Post by RollingEscargot on Jun 20, 2022 16:43:13 GMT
Thanks for the recommendations. I generally steer clear of the war hermitry shelves, which is getting harder to do as about half the publishing industry seems to be WW2 books nowadays. They don't seem to be allowed to be less than 750 pages either, especially those Beevor books. Shit, did I miss war chat? History is a complicated mess and needs a good thick book to explain it, who knew? I'd avoid anything by Stephen Ambrose. Other than Band of Brothers his books are poorly researched and bits of them are plagiarised. What's stopping them explaining it in 250 pages? Perhaps the Beevster is getting paid by the word. |
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Post by Chumbles on Jun 20, 2022 16:47:40 GMT
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Post by lazybones on Jun 20, 2022 16:50:21 GMT
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Post by tenthenemy on Jun 20, 2022 17:02:10 GMT
The zoological bit or the pun bit? Or any other bit? |
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Post by Felice Landry on Jun 20, 2022 17:11:55 GMT
This place is too clever for its own sake and not as funny as it thinks it is.  |
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Post by Felice Landry on Jun 20, 2022 17:16:20 GMT
Just like me.
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Post by Felice Landry on Jun 20, 2022 17:37:23 GMT
Too much introspection.  |
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Post by Melvazord on Jun 20, 2022 17:59:05 GMT
Shit, did I miss war chat? History is a complicated mess and needs a good thick book to explain it, who knew? I'd avoid anything by Stephen Ambrose. Other than Band of Brothers his books are poorly researched and bits of them are plagiarised. What's stopping them explaining it in 250 pages? Perhaps the Beevster is getting paid by the word. Same reason criminal psychologists couldn't explain your case in 250 pages, there's a lot of background and context to explain before you get into the meat of what's really gone wrong. |
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Post by Faceless on Jun 20, 2022 17:59:55 GMT
I know a few people who are going to Glastonbury. I am envious. If I were there I would go and see:
Supergrass
Skunk Anansie
Bonobo
Nightmares on Wax
Four Tet
Carl Cox
Kurupt FM
But I'm not going. So I guess it's irrelevant
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Post by Felice Landry on Jun 20, 2022 18:35:48 GMT
The feeling you get when you're moving ones Bud from the larder* to the Fridge, you normally pick up 4 but this time you pick up 5 and you drop one and it breaks and spreads glass and very mild tasting alcohol over the floor.
That's how I feel now.
Esp. since Pref.Mam. is at the gym and won't be back until 9, I feel like I'm in a sitcom.
So, burn the place down?
*or wherever the beer** is kept
**yeah, yeah it's not a beer.
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Post by MrTiddles on Jun 20, 2022 18:43:15 GMT
I know a few people who are going to Glastonbury. I am envious. If I were there I would go and see: Supergrass Skunk Anansie Bonobo Nightmares on Wax Four Tet Carl Cox Kurupt FM But I'm not going. So I guess it's irrelevant Supergrass? If I should see that Gaz Coombes, it's balls, nose, ribs.
[EDIT] Appears he's now having a solo career, the twat.
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Post by Tuffers on Jun 20, 2022 19:11:21 GMT
The feeling you get when you're moving ones Bud from the larder* to the Fridge, you normally pick up 4 but this time you pick up 5 and you drop one and it breaks and spreads glass and very mild tasting alcohol over the floor. That's how I feel now. Esp. since Pref.Mam. is at the gym and won't be back until 9, I feel like I'm in a sitcom. So, burn the place down? *or wherever the beer** is kept **yeah, yeah it's not a beer. Are you Frank Spencer? "ooh Betty" |
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Post by Felice Landry on Jun 20, 2022 19:13:27 GMT
The feeling you get when you're moving ones Bud from the larder* to the Fridge, you normally pick up 4 but this time you pick up 5 and you drop one and it breaks and spreads glass and very mild tasting alcohol over the floor. That's how I feel now. Esp. since Pref.Mam. is at the gym and won't be back until 9, I feel like I'm in a sitcom. So, burn the place down? *or wherever the beer** is kept **yeah, yeah it's not a beer. Are you Frank Spencer? "ooh Betty" Thank you, that was very helpful. |
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Post by RollingEscargot on Jun 20, 2022 19:15:31 GMT
I checked all the books and got Perfume because it was the shortest. I wouldn't have had room in the car boot for the Beevor.
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